Valuing and Supporting Undergraduate Resarch

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1. Learning Through Inquiry: An Overview of Undergraduate Research
Joyce Kinkead
What do we mean by undergraduate research, and how can college or university institutionalize undergraduate research?

2.The Boyer Comission Report and its Impact on Undergraduate Research
Wndy Katkin
The director of the Reinvention Center describes the sea change ocurring in universities as institutions strive to meet the challenges set forth in the Boyer Commission report

3. Undergraduate Research at the Research Universities
Carolyn Ash Merkel
Research universities jave particular challenges in focusing on undergraduates but also have come up with innovative programs.

4. A Research-Across-the-Curriculum Movemen
Mithchell R. Malachowsky
Faculty can do research and enhance their students´ out-of-class learning simultaneously.

5. Undergraduate Research at Two-Year Colleges
Jorge A. Perez
Research universities do not have the market cornered on undergraduate research, and this chapter describes how community colleges can be beacons of undergraduate research activity.

6. Interdisciplinary Research: The NCUR-Lancy Awards
David F. Lancy
An innovative partnership to fund undergraduate researchers and their mentors takes a step to encourage interdisciplinary partnerships.

7. What One Faculty Member Does to Promote Undergraduate Research
David F. Lancy
This chapter offers one faculty member´s story of working with undergraduates and a checklist for other who seek ways to involve undergraduates in their teaching and research.